Constance (given name)

Constance

Pronunciation	/ˈkɒnstəns/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	Constant
Other names
Related names	Connie, Constancia, Constanza

Constance is a female given name that derives from Latin and means "constant." Variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, Constanze, Constanza, Stanzy, and Konstanze.

Notable people with the name include:

• Constance Bennett (1904–1965), American actress
• Constance Bolton (née Beard, 1884–1949), New Zealand artist
• Constance Briscoe (born 1957), British barrister
• Constance Calenda (1415), Italian surgeon
• Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), French painter
• Constance Collier (1878–1955), British-born American actress
• Constance Coltman (1889–1969), British pastor
• Constance Cox (1912–1998), British writer
• Constance Cummings (1910–2005), American-born British actress
• Constance Prem Nath Dass (1886–1971), Indian college administrator
• Constance Demby, American musician
• Constance Dowling (1920–1969), American actress
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161–1201)
• Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078-1126)
• Constance Ford (1923–1993), American actress
• Constance Garnett (1861–1946), English translator
• Constance Glube (born 1931), Canadian judge
• Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), British travel writer and painter
• Constance Grewe (born 1946), German judge
• Constance Le Grip (born 1960), French politician
• Constance Hamilton (1862–1945), Canadian politician
• Constance Horner (born 1942), American public official and businesswoman
• Constance Cary Harrison (1843–1920), American writer
• Constance Hopkins (1607–1677), English colonist and Mayflower passenger
• Constance A. Howard (born 1942), American politician
• Constance Hunting (1925–2006), American poet
• Constance N. Johnson (born 1952), American politician
• Constance Kamii, Swiss-born American educator
• Constance Keene (1921–2005), American pianist
• Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000), South African photographer and war correspondent
• Constance Lloyd (1858–1898), Oscar Wilde's wife
• Constance Marie (born 1965), American actress
• Constance Markievicz (1868–1927), Irish politician
• Constance Menard (born 1968), French equestrienne
• Constance Moore (1920–2005), American actress
• Constance Naden (1858–1889), English poet
• Constance Piers (1866–1939), Canadian journalist, poet, editor
• Constance Reid (1918–2010), American author
• Constance Senghor (born 1963), Senegalese high jumper
• Constance of Sicily (1154–1198), Queen of Sicily
• Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877–1939), Canadian writer
• Constance Spry (1886–1960), British florist and author
• Constance Stone (1856–1902), Australian doctor
• Constance Talmadge (1897–1973), American actress
• Constance Tipper (1894–1995), British metallurgist
• Constance Towers (born 1933), American singer and actress
• Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894), American novelist
• Constance Wu (born 1982), Taiwanese-American Actress
• Constance Zimmer (born 1970), American actress

Fictional

• Constance, Lady Crabtree, fictional character created by Paul James
• Constance MacKenzie, fictional character in the 1956 novel Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
• Constance Billard School, fictional school in the television series Gossip Girl
• Constance Contraire fictional character created by Trenton Lee Stewart in his Mysterious Benedict Society series
• Constance Chatterly, the main protagonist in D.H. Lawrence's final novel Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Constance Bonacieux, an important character in the novel The Three Musketeers
• Constance Langdon, one of the main characters from FX show American Horror Story.

See also

• Constance (or Konstanz), a city in Germany bordering Switzerland
• Constant (given name)
• Constant (surname)